7 Ways To Take Your Power Back And Stop Being A Victim

It’s All Up To You!

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This piece follows on from the one last week about fault vs responsibility. I passionately believe that if you accept that it’s your responsibility to fix the pain in your life that you take your power back. Whose fault the pain was is irrelevant. Until you do this, you will constantly be in a victim mentality.

So, let’s look at 7 ways to take your power back and stop being a victim.

1) Wipe The Words “Fault” and “Blame” From Your Vocabulary

While in blame mode, you focus on the trauma itself. By wallowing in “poor me” thoughts, you are not trying to fix your pain; you want someone else to take responsibility. This rarely works. Please believe me; you can fix yourself, take your power back and do it!

2) Accept Your Part In Your Trauma

You may not have been able to prevent the trauma from occurring, but how you choose to deal with it afterwards is under your control. You could need therapy, hashing it out with a trusted friend or family member, journalling, or even time.

You need to do whatever it takes to be able to heal. If you try something and it doesn’t work, try something else. Do something, anything…